July 26, 1999 12:03 PM
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999--
Cable neighborhood satellite now scheduled for launch in September 1999
Loral Space & Communications today announced that it has rescheduled its Telstar 7 satellite launch for September 14, 1999, aboard an Ariane 44 LP rocket, from Arianespace's Kourou, French Guyana spaceport.
When it enters service later this year, Telstar 7 will host a robust cable programming neighborhood anchored by Time Warner Cable's AthenaTV. The cable neighborhood on Telstar 7 will join the premier broadcast, syndication and distance learning neighborhood firmly established on the already orbiting Telstar 4, 5, and 6 satellites.
Manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, Telstar 7 will cover the continental U.S., Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and into the Caribbean and Latin America from its orbital slot at 129(degree) West Longitude. The satellite carries a total of 48 transponders -- 24 at C-band and 24 at Ku-band. Its design is based on SS/L's three-axis, body-stabilized FS-1300 bus, which has proven its worth during more than 300 years of cumulative on-orbit service, close to one-half of the total of nearly 700 plus years amassed by all SS/L satellites to date.
In addition to Telstar 7, Arianespace will launch Loral Skynet's Orion 2 satellite later this year. At 12(degree) W.L., Orion 2 will expand Loral Skynet's coverage in Latin America, Europe, Russia, South Africa and the Middle East. Orion 2 will deliver video communications for television and other program distributors, high-speed Internet connectivity and private multimedia services to link the major business centers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Loral Skynet of Bedminster, N.J., a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, is a leading satellite communications services provider that operates the Telstar and Orion satellite fleets. Loral Skynet's Telstar satellites provide C-band and Ku-band coverage over the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and trans-Atlantic coverage through the Orion 1 satellite. Customers lease transponder capacity to distribute network television programming, to collect live video feeds for the reporting of news and events, to provide Internet connectivity to Internet service providers and other users, and to offer direct-to-home and pay-per-view programming, distance learning, educational, and other business television services. Loral Skynet also provides technical consulting, as well as tracking, telemetry, and control of satellite fleets for a wide variety of customers. For more information, visit Loral Skynet's web site at loralskynet.com.
Loral Skynet leads the Loral Global Alliance, which offers its customers the advantages of a worldwide network of satellite capacity currently on the North American Telstar fleet, the trans-Atlantic Orion 1 satellite, on the three-satellite Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) fleet, as well as on future Europe*Star satellites. Each Alliance member provides global satellite solutions, while focusing on the local and inter-regional needs within its coverage regions.
Loral Space & Communications is a high technology company that primarily concentrates on satellite manufacturing and satellite-based services, including broadcast transponder leasing and value added services, domestic and international corporate data networks, global wireless telephony, broadband data transmission and content services, Internet services and international direct-to-home satellite services.
For more information, visit Loral's web site at loral.com.
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